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OF LOCK HAVEN, PS.,
fSURES Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer
chandise, Farm Property, and other Build
s, and their contents, at moderate rates.
DIRECTORS.
n. John J. Pearcc, Hon. G. C. Harvey,
in B. Hall, T. T. Abrams,
irlcs A. Vayer, D. K. Jackaian,
irles Crist, W. White,
er Dickinson, Thos. Kitchen.
Hon. G. C. HARVEY, Pres.
T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres. j
Utt. Kitchen, See'y.
REFERENCES.
nucl H. Lloyd, Thos. Bowman. D. D
A. Winegardner, Wo. Vanderbelt.
A. Mackcy, Wo. Fearon,
White, Dr. J. 8. Crawford,
jes Quiggle, A. Updcgraff,
nW. Maynard, James Armstrong,
а. Simon Cameron, Hon. Win. Bigler.
Cf" Agent for Mitflin county, G. W. STEVV
,T, Esq. ap23
enmity from Loss find Diimaec by Fire,
ittf tie Penis of Marine and fviattd Transportation.
COIYTIN LNT A L
INSURANCE COMPANY.
knpo rated by the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia, with a Perpetual Charter.
Authorized Capital, 91.000,000.
ire Nu. Gi Wbluat St. a bote Stroud, Pltiia.
fire Insurance on Buildings, Furniture, Mer
iu.ii-e, &c., generally. Marine Insurance
.("argues and Freights to all parts of the
rid. Inland Insurance on Goods, &c., by
fes, Rivers, Canals, and Land Carriages, to
parts of the Union, on the most favorable
Bis, consistent with security.
DIRECTORS.
urge W. Culladay, . William Bowers,
in .!. Coleman, Joseph Oat,
vin V. Machette, Howard Hiuchman,
GEORGE W. COLLADA Y, President.
!.I.EN WILSON, Secretary.
[J* Agent for .Miiiim county, Wo. P. EL
>TT, Esq. feb 13-1 y
INDEMNITY AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE,
[atiklin I 4 ire Insurance Compa
ny of Philadelphia.
Office 163 i Chestnut street, Dear Fifth,
ilement of liscts, §1,827,185 80
January Ist, 1857.
dished agreesibly to an act of Assembly, be
in*,
t Mortgages, amply secured, §1,519,932 73
il E.tate, (present value, §109,-
D,)eost, 89,114 16
rks, (present value,§B3,6Bl 12,)
wt, ' 71,232 97
h.tc., 64,121 56
§1,827,165 80 j
'erpelunl or Limited Insurances made on every
iription of property, in Town and Country,
es as low as are consistent with security,
iuce their incorporation, a period of twenty
it years, they have paid over Three Millions
Jollar-' losses i>> tire, thereby affording ev
ice of the advantages of Insurance, as well
the ability and disposition to meet with
mptness all liabilities.
Losses by Fire.
ses paid during the year 165G, $3(J1,638 84
DIRECTORS.
i* N. Bar.cker, I Mordecai D. Lewis,
Wagner, I David S. Brown,
Duel Grant, I Isaac Lea,
<?'■ R. Smith, | Edward C. Dale,
> W. Richards, i George Fales.
CHARLES N. B\ACKER, President.
!HAS. G. BANCKER, Sec'y.
ffAgent for Mifflin county, H. J. WAL
KS, Esq., Lewistown. marlO
б.TS, CAPS & STRAW GOODS
For the People,
NT) THT-] PEOPLE'S CHILDREN.
$ '1B) 13 il I if.,
AST Market street, Lewistow n, opposite the
Post Office, has just returned from the city
ti a large and elegant stock ol Fashionable
ATS,CAPS, STRAW GOODS,
. suitable for spring and summer wear,
ch notwithstanding the advance of almost
rylhii.g e'se ; he will dispose of at low pri
ll's store has been fitted up with large
? - 'runts, so that the slock can
txamineu at a glance.
I'NE will manufacture to order any descrip
i of hats, (having the best of workmen in his
flay and an abundant supply of material,)
Bid his extensive stock fail to furnish A suit
t article. Parents are especially invited to
[and examine his variety of Children's Hats
i Laps, comprising a first rate stock, from
G' they can make choice to please them
i3 Ornish friends will find they are not for
ltn > an <l they may rest assured of finding an
' e their taste, or can have one made at
t* notice.
fnankful for the patronage heretofore so lib
'} f xtended to him, lie solicits his friends to
I— ndebted to square up arid begin
••—and any number of visitors from this or
neighboring counties, to take a look at him
j or evening.
l P u > N. J. fIIJDfSILL.
| '<> Hoffman's for Tubs
' TO MII'TMAIIV ft r Chnrin
,:r 't" , lii'fk' ts
to Hoffman's fur itrooins
>'j lloffinan'B fur ii.iakctv decli '
IPIESOTKSIE) iPwiMMisiiniis) srs?
TO BUILDERS AID CARPENTERS.
L XJ 3M! BBR!
Wm. B. Hoffhian & Co.
■ if
AT their Lumber Yard on East Third street,
Lewistown, near the Presbyterian Church,
have received, and are now receiving, in addi
tion to their large stock of well-seasoned Lum
ber—
-20,000 ft panel Boards & Plank. fronPt to 2 in.
10,000 ft first common Boards
50,000 ft second common Boards
20,000 ft li inch Boards
15,000 ft Sidings
2,000 lights of Sash, various sizes,
70,000 Plastering Lath, all sizes,
Plain Siding and ready worked Flooring,
i Hemlock Joists
Scantling, 3x4, 4x5, 4x6, 6x6.
Lap and Joint Shingles and Shingle Lath al
ways on hand.
fr_f=*Doors, Shutters, Blinds, and Sash made
to order.
All orders thankfully.received and promptly
attended to. may2l
IIOGA.IT JTOTJITDKY.
rIE public are hereby respectfully informed
that we have leased the above well known
t oundry, situate on Main street, in the borough
of Lewistown, a few doors south of the stone
bridge, where we will keep constantly on hand
a full assortment of ail kinds of STOVES,
g*k-^! v ' z: Hathaway Cooking Stoves, different
sizes, Egg Stoves, Mine Plate Stoves, &c.
and also
Iron Feme, Hollow Ware, Water IMpes,
&e., and will make to order all kinds of CAST
INGS. All orders sent to us will be filled with
care and despatch, arid on as reasonable terms
as at any other establishment in the State. We
hope, friends, you will ogjl and examine our
stock before buying anywhere else. You will
undoubtedly save money by doing so.
"DANIEL BEAIILEY & SONS.
Lewistown, March 26, 1557.-y
Selling Off at Cost!
AS times are hard and money scarce the sub
scribers wish to reduce their stock, and
will sell their present assortment of eastern
work, consisting of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Cent*, Ladies, Boys and Yonlh-g Gaiters,
Children's Shoes, he.
AT COST,
for cash only. All kinds of goods in their line
made to order of the best material and warran
ted.
Also, a large assortment of Home-made
Work now on hand, which will be sold at the
lowest prices. The attention of the public is
invited to the above, as the eastern work will
be offered at such prices as to defy competition.
All persons indebted to us will please call
and make payment immediately, or the next
notice to many will be sent through the hands
of the constable.
jelß JOHNSON & CLARKE.
W, i (i, M'kill
McVeytown, Pa.,
keep constantly on hand a large assortment of
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods.
CLOTHING, -
BOOTS A\D SHOES, HATS A.VD CAPS,
STRAW GOODS,
HARDWARE, QBEEXSWAKE, CEDARWABE,
Z&c&Z&Hc&ZSz,
Wall and Window Papers,
STATIONERY,
CARrETS, DRUGGETS, OIL CLOTHS, RUGS,
LINES,
OIL, LEAH, PETTY, TAR, PITCH, OAKEJI,
Salt, Fish, Plaster, Guano,
Cement, Stone Coal nnd Grind Stones.
We are paying the highest market price for
all kinds of GRAIN ; or where parties desire
if we w ill ship their Grain by canal and pay
them nett proceeds, after deducting freight.
McVeytowg, February 5, 1857.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
ON and after Monday, June 22d, 1857,
trains leave Lewistown Station as follows:
Eastward. Westward.
Express, 5 14 a. m. 5 40 a. m.
Fa-? Line, 10 47 p. m. 729 p. m.
Mail, 404 " 304 "
Through Freight, 500 " 150a. m.
Emigrant, 500 " 3 25 "
Express Freight, 500 " 10 15 "
Local " 7 25 " 12 40 "
Fare to llarrisburg, §1 50; to Philadelphia,
4 20; to Altoona, 1 75 ; to Pittsburgh, 4 70
£Ljj=*The Ticket Office will be open 20 min
utes before the arrival of each Passenger
Train. D. L. ROBESON, Agent.
FIS K ' S
METALLIC BURIAL CASES,
AIR-TIGHT A AT) ISDE9TRECTIBLE,
For protecting and preserving the Dead for or
dinary interment, for vapits, for transport
ation, or fur any other desirable purpose.
For sale at the new Furniture rooms, under
the Odd Fellows' Hall, by
ANTHONY FELIX.
New Arrangements.
\FTER returning our sincere thanks to our
numerous friends and customers for their
continued patronage, I would inform them that
1 am still to be found at
CfDIJLdD.
With a desire to bring my business nearly to
CASH, after the first of April our credit terms
will be Thirty Days and accounts not to exceed
Fifty Dollars. We hope still to conduct our
business so that wc thai! enjoy the cood will
of our numerous customers, and that the uum-
Lcr mav be greatly increased.
mar 12 F.J.HOFFMAN.
( < K< X KRIES.—
* J Ituy Ctieeve at Huffman's
itfiv UiK r at~ Hotfnma's
IS.J v M-'lasaee at Hoffman's
Htiy Teas, 4.C., at Hoffman's
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1857.
m 'inßsflaiiA.
Tor the Uazette.
the division of worlds.
From the German of Schiller.
BY REV. I. J. STIXr.
" Take ye the world," cried Jove from heaven to men ;
" Wrong no one more, nor let your neighbor wrong you;
To you 1 give It a possession, then,
Divide tt brotherlike among you."
The young and old reached forth the eager hand,
And wondered in anxiety the sorest—
The Husbandman bespoke the rich farm laud,
The Nobleman the chase and forest.
The Menwfet must have his store-House supplied ;
The Abbot chose the wine, the best, the oldest;
The King closed bridges, thoroughfares, and cried,
" The tenth is mine"'—of ah, the boldest.
At Inst the Poet came, a weary one.
But doomed, as poets are, to disappointment;
There nothing was for him—each had his own-
Its master each, by self-appointment.
"Ah, me!" he cried, " of all, am only I
Forgotten ? Thy truest son shall nought be given ?"
Upon his harp he breathed a mournful sigh,
And bowed, then raised uis eyes to heaven.
Then answered Jove," And wast thou dreaming then?
Dost then tlnd limit? *To all did I bestow it.
Where wast thou when I gave the world to men t"
"I was WITH rumtreturned the Poet.
"Mine eye beheld thy countenance so bright;
Mine ear drank In the harmony of heaven.
The soul that lost the world for heaven's light.
Deserves It not to be forgiven t"
"I'vegiven," said Jove, "all that I had to give.
Nought now remains. Men have made their division.
But, heaven is thine—the Poet here may live;
'T;.s ever free for bis admission."
Lewistown, Angus' 7,1.157.
aMiitilaiiia.
LAYING TP FOR CHILDREN.
Parental affection naturally inquires what
•t can best do for the welfare of its chil
dren in future years, and when the bosom
wh ieh now throbs with love to itsoffspriug
shall be cold in death. Many plans are
laid and hours of anxious solicitude are
-pent in contriving ways and means of
rendering children prosperous and happy
in future life. I>ut parents are not always
wise in the provisions which they seek to
make for their children ; nor do they al
ways seek direction and counsel from God
in this matter. The best inheritance fur
children beyond all contradiction, is true
piety towards God—the salutary truths and
principles of religion, laid up in the hearts
of children—a good education—good and
virtuous habits—unbending principles of
moral conduct —the fear of God and the
hope of heaven. This is the best inheri
tance for children, and which all parents
should be anxious to lay up for them. —
Many an unwise parent works hard, and
lives sparingly all his life, for the purpose
of leaving enough to give his children a
start in the world, as it is called. Setting
a young man afloat with money left him by
his relative is like tying bladders under the
arms of one who cannot swim ; ten chances
to (The he will lose his bladders, and go to
the bottom. Teach him to swim, and he
will not need the bladders.
Give your child a sound education. See
to it that his morals are pure, his mind cul
tivated, and his whole nature made subser
vient to the laws which govern man, and
you have given what wiil be Inore valuable
than the wealth of the Indies. You have
given him a start which no misfortune can
deprive him of. The earlier you tcaeh him
to depend upon his own resources, and the
blessing of God. the better.
PRAISE YOUR WIFE.
Praise your wife, man; for pity's sake
give her a little comfort, it won't hurt her.
Bdie has made your home comfortable, your
hearth bright and shining, yohr food agree
able; for pity's sake tell her you thank her,
if nothing more. She don't expect it; it
will make her eyes open wider than they
have done these ten years, but it will do
her good for all that, and you too. There
are women to-day thirsting for the word
of praise, the language of encouragement.
Through Summer's heat and Winter's toil
they have drudged uncomplaining, and so
accustomed have their fathers, brothers
and husbands become to their monotonous I
labors, that they look for and upon them as
they do the daily rising of the sun aud its
daily going down.
Homely every-day life may be made
beautil'ul by an appreciation of its very
homeliness. You know that if you can
take from your drawer a clean shirt when
ever you want it, that somebody's fingers
have ached in the toil of making it so
smooth and lustrous. Everything that
pleases the eye and sense has been produc
ed by constant work, much thought, great
care and untiring efforts, bodily and men
tally.
It is not that many men do not appreci
ate these things and feel a glow of grati
tude for the numberless attentions bestow
ed upon them in sickness and in health,
but they are so selfish in that feeling.—
They don't come out with a hearty" Why,
how pleasant you made things look, wife !"
or " J am much obliged to you for taking
so much pains!" They thank the tailor
for giving them "fits;" they thank the
man in a full omnibus who gives them a
scat, thank the young lady who moves
alontr the concert room, in short tlicy thank
everything out of doors because it is the
custom, and come home, tip their chairs
back and their heels up, pull out a news
paper, grumble if wile asks them to take
| the baby, scold if the fire has got low, or,
if anything is just right, shut their mouth
with a smack of satisfaction, but never say
to her." I thank you."
I tell what, men young and old, if you
hut show. ordinary civility toward those
Common articles of housekeeping, your
wives, it you gave the one hundred and
sixtieth part of the compliments you al
most choked them with before they mar
ried, ii you would stop the badinage about
who you are going have when number I is
dead, (some things wives may laugh at,
but they sink deep sometimes) if you
would cease to speak of their faults, how
ever hanteringly, before others, fewer wo
men would seek other sources of happiness
than your apparently culd, so-so-ish affec
tion. Praise your wife, then, for all good
qualities she has, and you may rest assured
that the deficiencies are fully counterbal
anced by your own.— Olive Branch.
Fiom tire Brealclyu Evening Star.
THE BLOODY DAGGER;
OK, THE
CRIMSON" WARRIOR'S SANGUINARY
RKVENGK.
A TALE OF TOAD HILL.
BY BRAINLESS 808, JR.,
Author of the 'Phantom Tooth Pick.'
CHARTER I.
'tlo In lemons.' —Tom Ilrer.
' 11a ! ha !' shrieked the Crimson Warri
or of Hoboken, as with rapid steps lie pac
ed the hall where hung the shilling ambro
types of his ancestors. 'To night I'll be
revenged upon the haughty Lady Adarina
Scraphina D KuMurdeone, and that base
sucker Don Edmund P'Quackonbust. Oh!
revenge! Thou art sweeter than the nectar
of the Gods, or Stewart's syrup, which in
my days of youthful innocence 1 poured
in lavish streams upon the smoking buck
wheat cakes!'
With a demoniac smile lie drew from
his pocket a large —handkerchief, and
carefully wiped his luminous nose.
CHAPTER 11.
' Thornier ami lightning.*—ClirUtlan Almanac.
The fascinating Adarina sat in her bou
doir eating a round heart, which her faith
ful maid, Bridget ObSuliivan, had just pur- j
chased for her at the Dutch Baker's.
' I cannot imagine what detains Don
Edmund' she exclaimed as she east an |
anxious glance at the clock, ' by the tliun- |
dor's roar and the lightning's vivid flash, 1
think we'll have a spell of weather before
soon, if not sooner. However, there's no
such thing as knowing anything about
the weather since Meriam left us to pedes
triauize around the country in u muslin
shirt, minus uuexceptionables—=-the inde
cent old fellow!'
Some one enters the room—'tis Don Ed- i
mund.
' Adarina!'
' Edmund !'
And they are clasped in a fond embrace.
In a voice of exquisite sweetness, like a
bullfrog on a summer's night she sang—
"Oli! K lOy. Is it you, dr, I thought yon would not come,
I thought you'd stopped at l'opkm'o to late a plans oi" rum;
Dut 1 heard your welcome footstep ami 1 knew that >ou
were near.
Oh! Eddy, you are sweeter to me than lager bier."
'But dearest,' she said, ' we must part,
my cruel father says 1 must wed lion
Greeny D'A much.'
' Fay lit) more love,' he exclaimed, ' but i
fly with me to Coney Islandftend there, in
a cottage made a heaven by love, we'll sell
clams and all other delicacies of that love
ly spot to the hungry Gothamites.'
' I cannot leave pa,' she said in a voice
choked with emotion and a piece of the
round heart.
'O! Calcium light of my existcuce, fly
■with me, for if ye wed Don Greeny, I'll
drive a tooth pick through this faithful
heart and Connery shall hold an inquest
on my body !'
• Simmer down Edmund,' -he exclaimed,
' I will go with you; let us depart at once;
there's danger in delay.'
• Aye, vile woman, there is V The Crim
son Warrior was before them ! Adarina
fainted.
' llt'vengc!'—Webster's Dictionary.
CHAPTER 111.
' Edmund D'Quackenbust thy hour has
come !' said the Crimson Warrior. 'I am
the avenger ol' Don Greeny, whom you've
wronged. Prepare for kingdom come.'
' I'll call the police,' gasped D'Quacken
bust.
4 Fool, there is nopolice, between the
Mayor and the new Commissioners the po
lice are what they never were before, an
honest (_on est) body.'
With a single stroke of his huge dagger,
he cut Don Edmund in two pieces!
'—The green eyed lobster jealousy.'—Shakespeare.
CHAPTER IV.
The Crimson Warrier having annihilated
Don Edmund, turned his attention to Ad
arina and after some effort, restored her to
consciousness.
' You are not Don Edmund—he had not
such a nose 1' she ejaculated hysterically.
4 No, lady, lam not. Behold your Ed
mund !'
She gazed upon the lifeless body for a
mome nt, and in a voice of intense emotion,
she asked—
' Who are you that thus spills blood V
' 1 am the avenger of a wronged man, a
man you promised to love and marry'—and
with a smile of hatred he removed from his
face a fidsc moustache —
4 Do you know me ?'
4 Good heavens! Y'ou are Don Greeny.'
4 Aye, Ada! Don Greeny in whose pres
ence you formerly appeared so happy; to
whom your words were words of love, but
whom you ridiculed when absent, while
your smile was given to that base thing
who lies there, dead as the Woolly Horse!'
4 Oh! may heaven shower red hot pea
nuts on your devoted head, may your chil
dren grow up and become Aldermen or
Members of Congress!'
4 Spare them such disgrace!' he mutter
ed ! then picking up the gory dagger, he
plunged it into—
We shall publish no more of this inter
esting story in our columns. The continu
ation may be found in this week's Sledger.
For sale, in all parts of the United States
and New Jersey.
(For the edification of our readers, we
have ascertained, at an immense expense,
the fate of the lady Adarina aud the con
clusion of the tale.
The Crimson Warrior merely plunged
the dagger into its sheath, and left the
false Adarina in disgust. He subsequent
ly attempted to hang himself with a string
of sausages hut signally failed.
D'Quackenbust, who was 4 cut in two
pieces,' was re-healed by a box of Killein
sure's Ointment, and after taking a dose
of pills and two barrels of Cod Liver Oil,
was pronounced out of danger. He mar
ried the Lady Adarina, and the}' are at
present engaged in cultivating cabbages
aud other choice vegetables, in the neigh
borhood of Toad Hill.)
ft-vYGn Lynchburg, Ya., there is a lad
proverbial for being a bad speller. The
school that he attends has among its many
rules and-regulations one that requires the
scholars to spell a column in the dictionary
and 44 give the meanings," just as the
school opens. Well, this lad was 44 foot"
of his class. The next day the first word
was admittance. This lad had been walk
ing around sight seeing, when his eyes fell
upon a eirens bill, which, among other in
ducements to draw a crowd, had 44 Admit
tance twenty-five cents; niggers and chil
dren half-price." Our young friend spelt
the word and learned it by heart.
Next day, strange to say, the head boy
missed, and the next, and so on, until it
eauie to our particular friend, v. lu> was in
the meantime all excitement with the hope
of his getting 41 head," being sanguine that
he was right. Here's the result:
Teacher —Boy. at the foot, spell admit
tance.
Boy—Ad-mit-tance, Admittance.
Teacher —Give the definiton.
Hpy—Twenty-five cents; niggers and
children half price.
A Suggestion. —A Grahamite suggests
the following for the million in these hard
times, lie says it can, at the option of the
consumer, be taken as a bread or ar a pud
ding. 41 Cut up four laths in a peck of
saw dust. When well mixed, bake it by ;
placing a napkin containing it in the sun
for -half an hour. Serve up with sauce
made by soaking a cedar shingle in a pail
of water."
Our Nic Burying Ground. —First Old
Woman— 44 What does the minister say to
our new burying ground '"
Second Old Woman— 44 lie don't like it
at all; lie says he never will be buried
there as long as he lives."
First Old Woman— 44 Well, if the Lord
spares me, I will."
fl@-llenry B. Hirst, of Philadelphia,
has written a piece of poetry on Mr. Bu
chanan, in which he invokes him, in set
tling the Kansas and other dificnltics, to
Arm.' „'•> forth n.ikej to the fight!
Don't do it, Old Buck ! don't violate all
the laws of civilized warfare. Kill the en
emy legitimately if you can, but dont scare
them to death.— Prentice.
m 9 m • .
N —, upon being asked wheth
er he was not seriously injured when the
St. Leonard steamer's boiler exploded, re
plied that he was so used to being blown
up by his wife that a mere steamer had no
effect upon him.
A young lady says that, 44 if a cart
wheel has nine felloes attached to it, it's a
pity that a girl like her can't have one."
California jury in a suicide case
lately "found the following verdict: 44 Wc,
tbe jury, find that the deceased was a fool."
Hollyhock thinks it 44 rather
queer" that the rising of a little quicksil
ver in a glass should make the weather so
awful hot.
is a solemn thing to be mar
ried," said Aunt Bethany. 44 Yes; but a
great deal solcmner not to be," said tlic lit
tle girl her niece.
popular writer, speaking of the
proposed oceanic telegraph, wonders wheth
er the news transmitted through salt water
would bo fresh
Boys," said a colored individual,
disclosing a small coffin which lie carried
along Broadway under his cloak — 44 Boys,
don't laugh—Fs n funeral "
New Series—Vol. 11, No. 40.
A Clergyman Suspended. —On Wednes
. 'lay morning, the 30th ult., the Presbytery
i oj Allegheny, of the Cumberland Presby
terian Church, met in Westminster Col
lege, Allegheny city, Pa., pursuant to ad
journment on duly 17th, to perform the
painful duty of trying one of their brethren
on two separate charges of " improper eon
duct," which were entertained against him
at the preceding meeting erf the Presbyte
ry, and were as follows :
1. That he acted improperly in entering
Miss Henderson's stateroom at such an un
seasonable hour. ■*.
2. That he acted improperly in having the
names " Rev. Simpson and lady," entered
on the register of the steamer Arctic.
The Presbytery, in trying the case, used
the utmost care and caution, and every op
portunity was afforded Mr. Simpson to es
tablish his innocence. Rut he could make
no defence against the charges preferred,
and admitted to having been in the same
berth with Miss Henderson, on board the
lowa.
Miss Henderson testified that Mr. Simp
son was lying in her berth, but it was at
her urgent request, as she was afraid to
stay in the room alone. However Miss
Henderson denied that her " guardian" ev
er made any improper advances.
The session of the Presbytery was lengthy
and tiresome, being prolonged until four
o'clock on Thursday morning, when by a
unanimous vote Rev. J. T. Simpson was
indefinitely suspended from the Gospel
ministry of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, haying been found guilty and in
dieted. The. entire investigation was eon
ducted with closed doors.
Hanging la/ Wholesale in Texas. —The
Texas indianolian, of the 11th ult., has the
subjoined picture of the lawlessness preva
lent in that remote State. It exhibits a
sad addition to the violence, rapine, mur
der and lynching, alarmingly in the ascen
dant almost throughout the length and
breadth of the land:
"We learn that a row oceured a few days
since, on the San Antonio road, near Vic
toria, between the Mexican and American
teamsters, in which three or four of the
Mexicans were badly shot. It grew out of
a long existing feud between them; the
American teamsters having, we understand,
determined to drive off the Mexicans,
whom they most cordially hate, because
they haul goods from the bay at extremely
low and ruinous prices. Rumors constant
ly reach us from the upper country that
the Vigilance Committee are raking the
country fore and aft, and swinging every
horse thief .and murderer they can find.—
A gentleman who came down the road a
few days since, states that he saw a dozen
bodies suspended on one tree, and on auoth
er five. A great many of the desperadoes
have passed this town on their way to New
Orleans, not considering it healthy to re
main any longer. If the Committee con
tinue, the country will soon get rid of the
scoundrels that have so long infested her
border."
Killed by a Bean. —On Saturday 16ih
ult., the infant daughter of 31 r. Garret
Schncller, of Richmond, Indiana, swallow
ed a bean which lodged in her windpipe.
Medical aid was called in immediately, but
it could not be extracted ; it was found to
have made its way toward the lungs. For
a day or two after the accident the child
seemed as though she could not live from
one hour to another. She then became ap
parently quite well, and was playful. She
continued so until Saturday the 25th ult.,
when while seated on the floor engaged
with her playthings, she was suddenly
seized with a fit of coughing, and strangled
to death in a moment. It is supposed that
the bean was thrown up from the lungs in
coughing, and lodgiug in the windpipe
caused her death. She was a fine healthy
child, about ten months old.
fiSyThe Hon Thomas J. Rusk, whose
death was announced in last week's pa
pev, was a native of South Carolina, and
uot more than sixty years old. lie went
to Texas while it was a provencc of Mexi
co; took an active part in the movements
directed towards separation from that re
public ; was ong of the signers of the Dec
laration of Independence; served with gal
lantry in the wars; was chosen Secretary of
War, and afterwards President of the Re-,
public, -r After the annexation to the Uni
ted States, he was, together with Gen.
Houston, elected to the Senate, and has
since then been twice re-elected. His third
term would not have expired till March 4,
ISG3.
One of the Comparisons. —An itinerant
minister was one day preaching to a" pack
of hardened sinners," when he made use
of the following original and rather strik
ing simile:
44 My hearers," said he, " I can compare
you to nothing but a pack of knotty hick
ory nuts; the gospel is the.wedge, and—
throwing himself in the attitude of a back
woodsman—by the grace of God I'm the
: .beetle to ii-r-1 v-e info you !''
t\yA gentleman having lately been cal
-1 led on to subscribe to a course of lectures,
declined, " because," said he, 14 my wife
gives me a lecture every night for uotli
iiio-."